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Tamuda
Sign in to savethumb|Roman military camp of Tamuda. Tamuda was an ancient Berber city and military camp in Mauretania Tingitana. It is located 6 km (4 miles) west of the present-day Tetouan in northern Morocco. Stone ruins from the site are found by the south bank of the Martil Valley. It was considered a city in accordance with the rules of urbanization of the time.
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Place details
- Locality
- Tétouan تطوان
- Region
- Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceïma ⵟⴰⵏⵊ-ⵟⵉⵜⴰⵡⵉⵏ-ⵍⵃⵓⵙⵉⵎⴰ طنجة تطوان الحسيمة
- Country
- Maroc ⵍⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱ المغرب
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Tamuda
- Ancient site.image
- File:Ánfora romana en el Museo Arqueológico de Tetuán.jpg
- Ancient site.caption
- Roman amphora and mosaic of Tamuda, in the "Archaeological Museum of Tetouan"
- Ancient site.map_type
- Morocco
- Ancient site.location
- Morocco
- Ancient site.region
- Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima
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Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Mauretania Tingitana
- Country
- Morocco
- Located in
- Tétouan
- Image
- Roman military camp of Tamuda, Morocco (24400323677).jpg
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- Ancient Rome
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thumb|Roman military camp of Tamuda. Tamuda was an ancient Berber city and military camp in Mauretania Tingitana. It is located 6 km (4 miles) west of the present-day Tetouan in northern Morocco. Stone ruins from the site are found by the south bank of the Martil Valley. It was considered a city in accordance with the rules of urbanization of the time.
==History== The ancient city was founded in the 3rd century BC by the Mauretanian Berbers of northern Morocco. Probably there was a Phoenician presence during the next century, mainly for commerce. A type of a seahorse, representing Phoenician iconography, with rider encountered on a clay jar was found at Tamuda.